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[CLUG] allow root login on all ttys

[CLUG] allow root login on all ttys

Dermot Canniffe canniffd at student.cs.ucc.ie
Fri May 11 21:12:50 IST 2001


Since as far as I can remember ttys for things like telnet are 
created on the fly, how do I catch all possibilities? I'm looking
for a sort of wildcard/regexp to do it all....

Adam Lock (locka at iol.ie):
> Adam Lock wrote:
> > 
> > Dermot Canniffe wrote:
> > >
> > > I know this is hideously insecure, but my mate won't hear any of it.
> > > How do allow root to login on all ttys?
> > >
> > > regards,
> > 
> > Removing the appropriate entry from /etc/securetty may do the trick.
> > 
> 
> Apologies, I meant ADDING to /etc/securetty
> 
> -- 
> Adam Lock - locka at iol.ie
> 
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-- 
Dermot Canniffe
BScCS IV
University College Cork
____________________________________________________________________________
dermot.canniffe at student.cs.ucc.ie       http://student.cs.ucc.ie/01/canniffd


Dermot Canniffe's choice of Epitaph #7:
"Don't make me come down there!" :-God




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